Fence-post.



C. HAINES.

FENCE POST. APPLICATION FILED JUNE :0. l9l6.

rain e t a cHAnLEs HAINES, or cannon, onro, essieixion. ro 'rnn nnnenit' M'AnUrnc-r'onine COMPANY, or cnrrron, onro, A CORPORATION.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Eatent. I Patented @qgt, 29), 11mg,

Application filed June 10, 1916. Serial No. 102,815.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that 1, Cameras Hamns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State-of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

Theinvention relates to metal posts for fences and the like, and the object of the improvement is to provide simple means for securing'a plurality of wire strands to one face or edge of the post.

The desired object of the invention is accomplished by forming or shaping a'hollow cavity within the attaching face or edge of the post, and by providing apertures in the wall of the post for receiving the prongs of an ordinary staple, and providing converging faces in the sides of the hollow or cavity for deflecting the prongsof the staple toward and across each other when .the same are driven into or through the apertures; The invention, in several modified forms of post, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a face elevation of a metal post showing horizontal strands of wire se- I cured thereto;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing one strand of wire secured to'the post by a staple;

Fig. 3 a fragmentary face VIBWXTE the same form of post showing a wire strand secured thereto by a staple;

Fig. 4,, a fragmentary rear view of the same;

Fig. 5, a section as on line 55, Fig. 2;

Fig. 6, a similar section showing a modified shape of post;

Fig.7, a fragmentary side elevation showing a modified form of,post; and

Fig. 8, a fragmentary section on line 8-8,

Fi imilar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings. V t

The post 1 is preferably made of malleable or rolled metal of a general V-shape 1n crosssection, as shown in-Fig. 5, the edges of which ma flanges 2 the ost.

an interval from the adjacent V-angle 3 be formed with the retracted or giving additional strength to thereof, is provided the longitudinal bead H or corrugation 4:, which is deflected mwardly from. the side face of the post, the

In each side of the post and at the side walls of the post between the V- angle 3 and the corrugations 4 thereof, one of which apertures is preferably located above the height of the other, so that when the prongs of the staple are driven into the apertures, the yoke 9 thereof will diagonallystraddle either the horizontal wire 10 or a vertical wire, not shown, for securing the same to the post; such wire being clamped by the staple against the vertical longi-- tudinal rib formed by the V-angle'of the post: between the diagonally spaced apertures therein.

By this construction and arrangement it is evident that .by inserting and driving the staple through the apertures in the post, the prongs 8 of the staple will impinge the converging faces 5 in the side walls thereof, and will thereby be deflectedinward and across each other in the manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings; and that when the wire 10 has been thus secured to the post, the

staple cannot be withdrawn therefrom withhorizontal or vertical, as'may be desired,

may be secured to the metal post by the mere use of an ordinary staple driven into the post, as described, without employing any special tools or appliances for that purpose.

Fig. 6 shows a slightly modified shape of post wherein the V -angle 3 thereof is rounded to form a wider face for abutting the wire 10. Qtherwise the corrugations 4* and the converging faces 5' in the cavity of the postare formed substantially the same as in the shape thereof illustrated in Figs. 1

to 5, inclusive.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a modified form of post in which indentations 4 are provided in the side walls thereof in place of the longitudinal corrugations 4: extending throughout the length of the post. It is evident, however, that the converging walls 5 formed by these indentations-will serve to deflect the prongs 8 toward and across each other in the same manner that these prongs aredeflected hythe corresponding faces of the corrugations claim: 1. A fence post having a longitudinal cavity within its wall, spaced apertures in the wall, and converging faces in the sides of the cavity for deflecting across the cavity and toward each other the prongs of a staple driven into the apertures.

2. A. fence post formed with a V-shaped wall, an aperture on each side of the V-angle of the Wall, and converging faces formed on the inner side of the wall for deflecting toward each other the prongs of a staple driven into the apertures.

.33. A fence post formed with a V-shaped each' side of the V- wall, an apertureon angle of the wall, and longitudinal corrugations adjacent to the V-angle of the post. forming converging faces for deflecting toward each other the prongs of a staple driven into the apertures. 

